Sunday, February 24, 2008

A mysterious cassette-only artist who began putting out material on tape in the late 1980s, although some of it started to appear on CD in the late 1990s. His music is haunting, acoustic rock with a sense of British whimsy akin to Robyn Hitchcock or Donovan (although, as his tapes were distributed from Louisiana, it's uncertain whether the singer is British). It's solid, melodic stuff that would most likely appeal to Hitchcock fans, despite the sparse production. His Bride of the Asylum CD of 1998 put some of his work into slightly larger circulation, in better fidelity. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideHis music is haunting, acoustic rock with a sense of British whimsy akin to Robyn Hitchcock or Donovan.Damien Youth is an independent singer/songwriter/musician who works in a number of rock sub-genres. He has been a part of various musical projects including The Cosmic Cult Of Adam Strange, Featherbox, Kyte, Magic Island, Surprise Symphony and Walter Ghoul's Lavender Brigade. He has also recorded with Peter Daltrey of the classic '60s band Kaleidoscope. The common quality in all of Damien Youth's music is his uncanny understanding of the melodic heart of the song.Damien Youth's songs are like yellowed pictures from another time. But as it's true with old pictures they come alive - contradictingly so - out of the yellowness, colours seep through - clear and imagination invoking, like a DALI painting.

Sometimes reminding early Julian Cope,Paul Roland,of course Syd Barret,while on the tape "Festival of Death " some dark metal hints can be found(but so beautifully composed that you will not even be a bit bothered)

Wow. I constantly find music on here that just blows my mind out of the ocean water and into the fishtank.Thank you so much and keep up the great work.Also:Any chance of finding Skullflower's early works like XAMAN or Infinityland?

Thank you very much for these. I downloaded Festival of Death a few days ago, and it's fantastic. I'm going to re-post it on my blog if you don't mind. Of course I'll give you due credit. I'm downloading the others now. Thanks once again.

I don't like this guy. I don't know if it's the Jim Morrison voice in some of the songs, the het sex in Man Who Invented God, or the cartoon gothiness of it. Maybe it's the "guy with a guitar" thing -- I live in an area where every two street corners there's a talentless nut with a guitar strumming and screeching Pearl Jam songs (never anything remotely interesting). This guy sounds like he's trying just a little bit too hard to me. It'll be good in shuffle mode as a surprise laugh, though. That's what horrible crap music is for.

There's no need for backstory or explanation about this seminal Krautrock crew in these quarters, I expect. This four disc boot is a var...

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BLISS 91 comp.tape

NOTRE DAME tapes

TANT QU’IL Y AURA DU TANGO tape

DISCO TOTEM

HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE? comp.tape

PRIVATE SOUNDS comp. tape

QFVDLO ? n° 8 comp. tape

PASSIONS ORGANIQUES comp. tapes

ATTENTION A MARIANNE T. comp. tape

BLOC OPERATOIRE compilation tape

NOMUZIC-tapes(any)

MITCH RUSHTON-tapes(any)

PENGA-tapes (any)

DARK ENIGMA-CLAUSTROPHOBIA tape

DITTO-TEXAS ELECTRIC tape

STEVE HARTWELL-anything

DINO DIMURO-anything

VIKTIMIZED KARCASS-anything

RANCID POULTRY-anything

CARL HOWARD-anything

L.G. MAIR-anything

KEN CLINGER-tapes(any)

LARRY MONDELLO BAND-tapes(any)

CHUCK VAN ZYL-CALLISTO,any tapes

ICEPLANTS tapes (any)

Northampton Under Glass compilation tape

Northumbrian compilation tape

Funeral Danceparty tapes

Bunny Lakers LP(complete)+++

As for the time being i'm searching for resource material i would appreciate any scans or photocopies of late 70's/early 80s fanzines on experimental/industrial/punk/DIY stuff.Especially i would appreciate photocopied issues of:AURA,FACE OUT,FOOLS MATE(******) NEWSTYLE(esp.Nr 10)ATEM magazine,AUDION magazine,Grohinga Well(or something like that,Belgian magazine).If you can provide any of this stuff please contact me.